Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A | 1 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT At This Point, I Miss The Vampires
By Cindy McLennan | Season 1 | Episode 15 | Aired on 03.25.2010
Town Square: Alaric and Stefan meet up and swap information on the Isobel-Elena situation. Stefan tells Alaric that Elena knows what he is and knows about the vampires. Alaric wants to know if Elena knows about Damon and Isobel. Stefan says he couldn't tell her anything until he was sure what happened. Damon doesn't remember now and he's too unstable to press the issue. Alaric says, "You know, he murdered my wife, or at the very least, made a meal out of her. When has he been stable?" Stefan tells Alaric not to push things with Damon for his own sake. "I'll handle it, but for now, I need you to let it go." When Alaric snaps, "Is that what you'll tell Elena -- let it go..." Scary Stefan becomes the darkness before dawn -- the eye of the hurricane. He moves way the heck into Alaric's personal bubble. The muscles in his cheek twitch. His voice drops to a whisper. "Leave Elena out of this." Alaric stands his ground. "I need to know what happened. I think you would, too." Stefan exhales and says he needs something more to tickle Damon's memory. Alaric removes a picture of Isobel from his wallet. Stefan takes it, and leaves without a word. We flash back to...
Alaric and Isobel's Bedroom: Everything is blue, because that's what the world used to look like. Alaric wakes to find Isobel still typing away on her computer and promising to come to bed in a few minutes. When she isn't forthcoming about what she's working on, Alaric says, "Look baby, I'm in a three-way with you and your computer. The least you can do is let me know what you're up to." And so Isobel tells him about Mystic Falls, where every now and then people die mysteriously from reported animal attacks, "Except these bodies are drained of blood. It's vampires. It has to be." Alaric condescends to her about getting his garlic and holy water (neither of which work on vamps in this universe) but says he loves that she believes in the supernatural so much so that she's making a degree out of it. "You're like Mulder, except hotter... and a girl." Isobel makes it clear to her husband just how serious she is. "I'm gonna prove it." She kisses him and walks back to her desk, "And Mulder was right, in the end."
Trudie's: The former cheerleaders do some reminiscing and Elena thanks her for all the insight into her mother's youth. Trudie (who finally looks like she could be Elena's mother's peer, rather than Elena's) points out that Elena hasn't touched her tea, so Elena raises her cup and takes a sip. "What is this?" Trudie lies, "Just an herbal mixture." Elena says, "Vervain?" Trudie won't meet her eyes, so Elena says, "You know." Trudie plays dumb. Elena says, "You didn't invite me in, and you're serving Vervain tea. You know." Trudie tells her she should probably leave. Elena wants to know what Trudie isn't tell her. Trudie rises. "Please leave. Now." Was she uncertain that her non-invite wasn't non enough, or was she satisfied Elena wasn't a vampire, and just trying to protect her? I can't decide.